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[Android Apps and Games] ratbags:
Not blocking in app ads. Do I need to install certificate for this? If so why as I don't need certificate for adguard and that blocks in app ads. Seems to block ads on web sites fine though.
[Android Apps and Games] Goku80:
Read one page back my friend
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This is unfortunate. Could you give me a few examples of apps that you are using?

The certificate is only for encrypted ads, and we're the first to address them. From our calculations, about 24 percent of ads are encrypted.
[Android Apps and Games] ratbags:
The first and last I tried was appsales from the play store. Got banner ads and popup full screen ads. With adguard I had no ads.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Thank you for the information. We've found the same results with appsales and have created a ticket for it. We understand why this would be frustrating, but we encourage you to try more apps to see if AdClear works with them.
[Android Apps and Games] kunal1540:
Hey guys I am on lollipop 5.1.1 one plus one cm12. 1 and I tried your latest build but ads in cricbuzz app are not being blocked that comes when we start the app so I uninstalled it for now but now I can't set my lock screen back to swipe

Is this a known issue and what should I do.

I have already removed the certificate that the app installs but still no go..
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
What might be causing this is the certification. Go to the user tab under your trusted credentials and delete the certificate, then see. If that doesn't solve this issue it may be the phone itself. We don't have a oneplus but we'll also try to replicate this.
[Android Apps and Games] kunal1540:
I managed to delete the certificate and now everything is fine but what about cricbuzz app ads..

Is it only me or were you able to reproduce it??

Thanks for the support..
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We've currently got a tester checking out cricbuzz. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. There are certain times when ads work around us or get ahead of what we're doing. It's a little bit of a war in that sense.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We successfully replicated this whenever choosing a different language on booting cricbuzz. This is due to our lack of language support. This is already our main priority right now to integrate into the app, and I'll let you know personally when that support is available.
[Android Apps and Games] Gumpkin:
I use the Doze app. Will I be able to use this at the same time?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
If Doze uses the VPN, then you will not be able to run AdClear simultaneously. Android only allows one application to use the VPN function at a time.
[Android Apps and Games] Gumpkin:
That sucks, but theres nothing you can do I guess. If I didn't need to save battery so much I'd use it.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
AdClear actually does have a positive effect on battery life, but we know some phones pretty much force your hand into saving battery as best you can.
[Android Apps and Games] Lorenzxda:
Samsung S4, android stock 5.0.1.

I installed last release of your app and its certificate.

It have run smoothly and effectively on Chrome for a couple of hours then things began to go awry,

in fact the page loading time is very slow now although most of the ads are being blocked(precisely a gray area is being shown in place of the ad,

at first it would get rid smoothly of ads and no gray holes were left behind on the loaded pages, on the contrary now is always stuck in doing something,

even when the page seems to come through entirely,of course with that gray holes in place of ads, chrome is still loading). Besides, some ads are not being blocked every now and then.

i can't use google's apps such as translator and youtube because the translator gets stuck while trying to translate a word. Even Youtube used to work partially at first,

(even the video subtitles(not ads) were being blocked and it experienced loading loops so that it were not able to follow through on loading). Anyway, youtube won't even open now.

I didn't change any configuration whatsoever while testing so far, i'll try to unistall the app and install it back in order to see if anything new happens.

side note: obviously wifi and LTE connection issues can be ruled out

It would be great if this app worked out on this phone :)

See you
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
:good::good::good:Thank you for being so in depth about your issue. We've been addressing problems with chrome and google apps, but this is the first time we've seen this myriad of problems occurring. I've created a ticket, and we will immediately investigate this.

Are you experiencing this problem with other browsers or apps?

Let us know how the reinstall goes.
[Android Apps and Games] sasuke99:
Its the first time I see ad blocking app on android. Great
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Let us know how you like it!
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
AdClear Version 502286 Release Notes

Change List

Removed Advanced Protection from Android Nougat (7) due to changes causing apps not to connect

Fixed several crashes affecting users

Added an update message when an update is available

Minor fixes and improvements

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Sorry I was late in posting release notes. I had a dream over the weekend that I had uploaded and updated XDA, but that wasn't the case lol.

Like many of you already know, we needed to remove Advanced Protection from devices using Nougat. This is due to connection problems as well as Nougat's elimination of user-trusted certificates.

We had some crashes pop up that we quickly solved. If you're having crashes or connection issues, please join the AdClear beta and send us a connection report.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
I appreciate the help during labor day weekend!
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This may sound a little generic, but a reboot might help. If that doesn't, we'd like to look at this further through our beta program (link in description if you'd like to join."
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We're really interested in looking into your issues. We've just gotta climb the hurdle of getting a connection report to send, lol.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Advanced Protection is essentially for encrypted ads, which would include Google and YouTube ads as well as ads in places where you have credentials stored (shopping, etc.), though that would probably pertain more to your browser. So yeah, if an app has ads with the play logo in the corner, you might want to enable it. We still have some other ways to block those ads, but I'd definitely recommend advanced protection for best results.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We've recently refactored our code to separate the UI from the VPN's functionality as much as possible. This is just to make sure a crash like that doesn't cut internet connection for a few minutes. We're currently working on some UI fixes if you don't see any improvements this week.

I'm sure we'll include a setting for updates soon. We had an internal build (which is unable to update by the user) leak that really made us want to put the check update button in to avoid another doomsday scenario.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Advanced Protection would help in this case. Speedtest is an app we use daily, so it should be blocked pretty flawlessly.
[Android Apps and Games] Linuxephus™:
Not a problem in the least.

Fortunately I just happened upon the inquiry as I was perusing the board.
[Android Apps and Games] banaz:
installed version 6.0.0.502286 yesterday on wiko fever 4g (still lollipop 5.1 no time yet to upgrade to mm6 available)*

it works, no doubt about that but i have one main issue that maybe you can help me with: when the screen is off, it seems like 3g/4g data are blocked like when you are on battery saving mode --> msgs like whatsapp or even mails doesn't sync unless i go directly to the app .. is there something that may be cause this problem ? while i was on wifi it seemed to be working but i had basically the screen always on so i cannot say for sure

on advanced settings, privacy protection is not enable; on the additional lists i only added the italian one; on advanced protection i did not change anything (and wa and gmail are not "turned on" in the "apps using network" list)

Inviato dal mio FEVER utilizzando Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] molove:
Unfortunately Adclear cannot see the ethernet connection of my Android box as a network connection. Is there anything I can do about this?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
VPN apps generally don't work well with battery saving mode. If there's a way to whitelist AdClear from battery saving mode, that'd be your best bet. Increasing the threshold would also work.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We're actually currently looking into local connection problems that have been reported recently. We're currently working on it. You might be able to help us by sending us a connection report through our beta program. (link in signature). If you do, mention your username so I can personally handle it.
[Android Apps and Games] Callmekunal:
Thanks for this great app. I have been using this on my leeco le 2 it was working perfectly fine but after the update it is not blocking ads anymore can you look Into this it would be very helpful. Thank you so much in advance
[Android Apps and Games] mash20:
[MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION]

Can you make it work with power save mode please ?!
[Android Apps and Games] mervin989:
[MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION]

Using LG G5 Android 6.0.1, Advanced protection on the latest stable version causes youtube to be unable to open links in description of videos, "Unknown NavigationData encountered" message pops up. Also i get messages that the app stops running/crashes occasionally.

Advanced protection also prevents Google Play Store from downloading/updating apps.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Try a reboot, but if that doesn't work, we'd like to take a look at this. It'd be a big help if you could join our beta program and send us a connection issue report.
[Android Apps and Games] mervin989:
I have tested advanced protection further, cause of play store unable to update/install is due to the process "com.android.providers.downloads.ui" being on by default. Turning it off in advanced protection solves this issue. Have recorded and uploaded video proof to: https://youtu.be/nv9X0-Wmsq8
[Android Apps and Games] mash20:
[MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION] ???
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We can't right now at least. It's mostly an Android thing, but our competitors seem to work on some phones, and we sometimes work when it can be whitelisted or the threshold can be moved. But we're getting more reports about it than usual so we'll probably look at it when we can.
[Android Apps and Games] mash20:
but with other apps work with power save mode, but your app is the best
[Android Apps and Games] mervin989:
[MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION]

New issue to report, advanced protection removes the 3 dot option menu beside videos in youtube when viewed by channel. Link: https://youtu.be/dVuWTeFUBxg
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Yes, and we'll try to figure it out. I'm just saying it may take a bit of time to correct.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Oh wow, we weren't aware of that. I've got a dev to look into it.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Try signing out and re-checking. then log back in.
[Android Apps and Games] mervin989:
Did that, did not fix the issue. Still occured even when logged out.
[Android Apps and Games] tanivula:
Having a strange issue. It I'm running the latest beta 502344 and in advanced protection mode.

Noticed heaps of ads in apps and in the browser. Vpn/Adclear icon was up and the it said connected,but when i looked at the info,it said 0mb on both up and down.

Manually disabling and enabling Adclear seemed to do the trick.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Seems like maybe something was going on with your wifi lease. Let me know if it happens again.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Could you possibly replicate that in our beta and send a connection report to us? That along with the video should allow us to fix this (hopefully) quickly.
[Android Apps and Games] tanivula:
Think it may have been because I had 'auto restart VPN' disabled in the notifications area.

Will keep an eye on it, but if this is disabled I'm 99% sure I can replicate the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] tanivula:
Ok, so this happened again...
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Did you turn on the auto-restart and this happened after a restart?
[Android Apps and Games] tanivula:
Thinking about the 4hr timeframe, it's when I came home and connected to the WiFi. The phone hadn't done a restart, it just changed connection/wifi.

I see this morning it has happened again, been connected to the work WiFi and 0 traffic has gone through the VPN.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
This has just started popping up a few times on our end as well. Can you join the beta and send us a connection report after replicating this there? It would be very helpful for us.
[Android Apps and Games] tanivula:
Already on the beta.. yup, have just sent through a connection report. Tested it here by disabling wifi - noting that the VPN restarted ok and traffic was going through it. Then enabling WiFi, while I saw the VPN restart, no traffic went through it and ads were appearing where they don't (when AdClear is manually disabled and enabled).
[Android Apps and Games] alex11111111:
how to enable in Youtube android app cast to TV feature? (it blocked with adclear too...)
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
AdClear Version 502379 Release Notes

Change List

Moved settings into the navigation drawer (menu on left side of screen)

Swipe down to refresh lists from server

Fixed an issue when downloading apps from Google Play Store

Fixed an issue when attaching screenshots

Fixed an issue with some MMS apps for some devices

Fixed networking issue experienced by some users

Added setting to enable privacy protection (Off by default)

Moved Advanced Protection into Settings page

Moved Additional Lists into Settings page

Fixed some domains being mistakenly blocked by filters

Fixed affiliate links being mistakenly blocked in browsers

Fixed AdClear beta links being mistakenly blocked in browsers

Fixed connection issues for users

Added conversation window to see past issues sent to us from feedback

Improved our crash detection

Removed unneeded permissions from the app for new downloads

Bug fixes and improvements

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We went public with our latest update today, which might be our biggest one yet! We tried to solve every major problem that has come around since our last release more than two weeks ago. We're already live with our latest beta patch as well which will be common going forward. If you'd like to help us with the next update, please sign up with the link in my signature. Thanks guys!
[Android Apps and Games] QuickNET Tech:
LG G4 Stock 6.0 Unrooted

Anyone release seeing a lot of ads in YouTube after they pushed the new UI update?
[Android Apps and Games] tanivula:
Yes,but not just in YouTube. I've seen a few more ads in one of the local news apps.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Have you tried clearing YouTube's cache?
[Android Apps and Games] QuickNET Tech:
I just did and it's a no go. Will attempt a reinstall of Seven AdClear and report back.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
If you're on android 5 be sure to reboot.
[Android Apps and Games] QuickNET Tech:
5.0 only, or 5.0+? I am running marshmallow.

UPDATE: I restarted my device anyways. The app has only blocked about 100 ads today, where it previously blocked ?10x that. It wasn't perfect before, as a few ads got through here and there, but now it's the inverse. Most ads get through and very few are blocked. I personally assume that this is just another episode in the cat and mouse game of ad blockers vs advertisers.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
We are currently testing our capabilities and doing adjustments. We also, though, have been making fixes to make the counter more accurate in its reading, as certain ads have been messing with it.
[Android Apps and Games] monjanse:
Youtube app ads still coming, in videoclips and inside app. I using android 5 on tab pro and 6 on my phone. I restarted both and enabled advanced protection.
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Only things I can suggest are clearing YouTube's cache and signing out of YouTube. You could also join our beta program (link below).
[Android Apps and Games] willngg:
Every time my screen turns off and I turn it back on I get a message asking me if I want to disable the vpn why is that?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
That only happens when you turn it off in app. Can you join our beta and send us a connection report? We'd like to look at this.
[Android Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
Can't click on install/ok etc.

SG S4 Android 5.0.1

First off, great app, from what little I've seen so far, however...

Yesterday I installed the app without too much problem. Turned on the 'install from other sources' etc. and all seemed fine. Tested out some apps I know have ads, some websites etc. all good. So I left it running in the background with the little key displayed at the top. Then some time later I rebooted my phone and after that, it would constantly ask me to confirm installing the VPN, but all I could click on was Cancel. The Ok or Yes button was not active. I confirmed the 'install from other sources' was still checked and after several more reboots and retries, decided to uninstall and install it again. Now I can't even get past the install screen. I am unable to click on the Install button and I have once again confirmed the 'install from other sources' is checked and I have rebooted. I have confirmed the certificate is not still installed, and to the best of my knowledge there are no other apps (certainly not security ones that I have installed) which could be blocking it.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Wow this sounds frustrating. I apologize for this happening. I'm currently talking to the dev team about what to do and will let you know. You can possibly try signing up for our beta program (link in description) and see if that works. We'd like to see the issue there anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] chewdaniel:
[MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION]

Can you please take a look at this app and see if you can whitelist the ads in here? TIA :D

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gscandroid.yk
[Android Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
No problem, it happens. Especially with apps in active development. I've just signed up and will let you know how it goes.
[Android Apps and Games] mervin989:
Do you happen to have any apps doing screen overlay? Blue light filter? Those tend to prevent installation
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
Yes our dev also says you should probably try closing any suspect background apps and try again.
[Android Apps and Games] Pulsage:
Some ads is annoying , but ads its food of developers.

So idk.Ad Blocker starting sale their ads xD.
[Android Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
I have no overlay apps running or even installed. The only things I have running in the background is Lux, Smart Wifi Toggler and Swiftkey.

Here is where I am at the moment. I signed up for the Beta and downloaded the installer. At first, it too would not let me push the install button, as if the 'Install from other sources' was unchecked, despite it definitely being checked. Then, taking from experience with PCs I though maybe the registry flag (or android equivalent) was not changing with the check box, as can sometimes happen with PC settings. So I turned it off, rebooted, turned it back on and rebooted again and hey presto, I could now hit the install button which then went ahead and downloaded the latest beta build. Unfortunately, that is as far as I could get. I can open the Beta install screen, just as I can with the stable version, but nothing I have tried will let me press that install button. I tried the same untick, reboot, tick, reboot I did earlier but that didn't help. I have tried launching the installer both, through the Beta launcher and direct from my downloads, but nothing. I know the install screen is reacting to my input because I click the cancel button and I can click on all the permissions which pop up descriptions of what they mean.

Its weird that it did install the first time and nothing has changed or been installed (except the beta launcher) since then, that could have interfered with it. I can only think that some setting/switch somewhere inside android thinks this app is still installed, blocked or the 'install from other sources' is still off despite several reboots with it turned off and on.

If there are any ideas on what to try next, let me know. If not, don't worry, I'll be getting a new phone running marshmallow in a few days so I will also get a chance to try it on there. And as soon as I have transferred stuff over from this S4, I'll be doing a factory reset on it, at which time I will try and install this again and see if it works on a fresh clean setup. In the meantime, if the devs would like me send them some kind of system info (similar to Hijack This on PC) so they can try and figure out what might be causing this, let me know what app to use and where to send it.
[Android Apps and Games] mervin989:
Is this isolated to this apk? Can you try sideloading any other apk on hand and see if you can install? Try disabling lux as well
[Android Apps and Games] SEVEN_AdClear:
It should be Lux causing this to happen.
[Android Apps and Games] Psyberdude:
Sorry for the delay.... life and stuff :)

Yip, Lux appears to have been the culprit. Don't know why it didn't affect installation the first time, in fact I have never had an issue with installing things before so not sure why Lux would interfere with the buttons this time. As far are I know, there is no overlay component, it simply adjust the brightness.

Anyway, that said, I stopped Lux, installed AdClear and then turned it back on and everything seems fine. I've restarted my phone several times without issue, I just put Lux into sleep mode to install the VPN and then turn it back on.
[Android Apps and Games] gorandroid:
Thank you for your free service, i cracked at "We block ads so well, Google kicked us out of the Google Play store" :D Good job boys. btw. is it true it blocks youtube ads? when i say yt ads i mean the short annoying videos that appear before the video you click at..?
[Android Apps and Games] QuickNET Tech:
Yes, it can, as long as you enable "Advanced Protection"

[MENTION=7253675]SEVEN_AdClear[/MENTION] I am still getting a lot of ads within YouTube and quite a few other sites viewed in browsers. I have cleared date/cache, force stopped, and reinstalled both Seven Adclear and YouTube, as well as reboot multiple times and cleared cache via recovery. Nothing seems to fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] ElDonTheo:
Yes, it can block everything, including YouTube! I was amazed, but recently, it just stopped to work. Like nothing working anymore. Really disappointing, when you tasted a no-ad experience it's hard to go back to a normal one :/
[Android Apps and Games] gorandroid:
Why this app affects screen lock option? It forced me to use pin code when i turned on advanced VPN protection?
[Android Apps and Games] QuickNET Tech:
This is a limitation of Android itself. The developers cannot do anything about it. If I remember correctly, it has something to do with security.
[Android Apps and Games] gorandroid:
Ahh gotcha, well is there a way to remove PIN code and have the swipe unlock feature again?
[Android Apps and Games] QuickNET Tech:
There might be one involving root, but other than that or disabling advanced protection, I do not believe so.
[Android Apps and Games] gorandroid:
Yeah i'm already aware of that, i'll wait for the final word from the Developer. ty anyway